Thursday, November 8, 2007

George B. Cross

1932--Alive.

Newspaper. A reporter. An independent authoritative mining news guy
the "George Cross News Letter Ltd."

Began in 1947 by his father (George C)
George B joined in 1952.
Became publisher in 1966.

He was also the principle writer and researcher and came to personify its motto of “Reliable Reporting” for the benefit of subscribers all over the world

More. Would recognize places. confirm technical details first hand.
The paper ran from 1947--2000 -- 50 + years of service to mining.

Donated his paper archives to UBC.
It's being digitized there.
But where is he based?



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